Meloni was an anti-mafia conservative catholic and protegee of Berlusconi so I never quite got the fear. From a distance she seems to have done okay controlling her dodgier coalition allies. (View Post)

Getting on the back of a moped to visit his mistress? (View Post)

Not entirely no. But one side was clearly far worse than the other as even Eric Hobsbawn(!!!) finally noted. And I suspect if the Soviet Union had not be so ghastly the Americans might not have been … (View Post)

At some point European countries are going to have to find answer to the growing islamist populations. Neither we nor the French seem to have an answer at the moment. (View Post)

It's also somewhat nearer the equator. (View Post)